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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7859595" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 245, Part Two</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Finding Thisraldion</strong></p><p></p><p>On arrival in the treasure vault, they found a token force had been left behind: a succubus, a company of legionnaires, and a handful of elites, gathered some distance away from their arrival point. Once again, Rumdoom was first to react, engaging his Icon of Avilona to fly at the succubus and swing at it with the Stone of Not. He missed! Uriel cast a spell to <em>undo</em> his action<em>, </em>and this time he hit. The succubus vanished.</p><p></p><p>Quratulain took down the elites with her pistols; Leon waded in with his <em>dreaming blade</em> and a <em>witchfire</em> spell; Gupta wounded the rest with a <em>Vision of Srasma</em> and they mopped them up in no time. Then Gupta reoriented them, using the Third Blade: Thisraldion was now on the same level as them, at ‘9 o-clock’, but more-or-less the same distance away as before.</p><p></p><p>Leon grabbed one ingot for everyone and put them in the <em>absurdist web</em>. Quratulain noted signs of an earlier struggle with supplicants of elofasp. They had spilled a lot of devil ichor before their sharp forelimbs were torn off and scattered about. No clean-up attempt had been made here yet.</p><p></p><p>Uriel sought exits, and found a hatch in the bulkhead at ’12 o’clock’, and a sealed hatch in the ceiling (with no steps or stairs leading down from it). Korrigan looked through them both. First, the ceiling hatch, through which he saw feet, many feet, and the scores of devils they belonged to, standing above them in a battery-style ‘barracks’. Gradual, flowing movement in one section suggested some were filing out through another exit. Through the 12 o’clock hatch, he saw the engine room they had seen from below. It was dominated by an enormous turbine. Many devils laboured there to keep it turning, and to guard it. There were at least two succubi too.</p><p></p><p>Uru reported in. He had found a defunct eldritch machine which may once have created the fortress’ ammunition. It hadn’t been used in a long time. He had also worked out how to cut off power to the engine room above, and set about doing so. Once done, he would render the controls inoperable, so power could not easily be restored.</p><p></p><p>While he did so, they hatched a plan and entered the engine room disguised as elite star legionnaires by one of Leon’s powerful illusions. The curious, suspicious succubi immediately approached, circling them like predatory birds and demanding to know what they were doing there.</p><p></p><p>Though not well-versed in the art of deception (they usually relied on Leon for this sort of thing), Uriel was the only one capable of responding in their demonic tongue. To add authenticity to his response, he used their own harsh-sounding names (courtesy of Korrigan, supplied by the Humble Hook and shared telepathically) and the name of the succubi that had fled earlier. She had told them to search for intruders, he said, and kept on walking confidently towards the first hatch he saw, at 9 o’clock (as if he knew exactly where he was going):</p><p></p><p>It was wide open and led out into a huge hangar where windskiffs were kept. The ceiling where they stood was fifty feet high, but to their right, where the space widened out, it was at least a hundred feet up. Four skiffs were being winched up through four hatches in the ceiling, beyond which the faint light of Obliatas could be seen – the flight deck they had first tried to land upon. More skiffs were being brought into place by devilish ground crew, and legionnaires and steam golems were being loaded on to each. Korrigan told Amielle to expect more skiffs. She responded in the affirmative. Doverspike had already made short work of another skiff, laughing as he did so. The Coaltongue and the Pleasure were both dealing with a third. “Egalitrix itself is turning slowly towards us; we can’t see out of the fog, but Calily told us.” Korrigan reminded her not to leave the fog bank.</p><p></p><p>There were a lot of exits from this enormous hangar – above them, opposite them, at 6, 9, 12 o’clock and elsewhere. From where they stood they could guess that their own vessels were fighting off windskiffs at 3 o’clock (or starboard). Egalitrix must be turning to bring more guns to bear.</p><p></p><p>Without pausing they headed across the hangar towards a hatch directly opposite the one they came through. They were ignored by the devils in the hangar. As they went they noted signs of conflict here too – bloodstains and corpses. Clearly, a sizable Elofasp insurrection had been put down here, and their arrival had interrupted the clean-up operation.</p><p></p><p>From the hangar, they walked into another engine room, identical to the one they had just come from. (One engine per wing, perhaps?) At once, they were accosted by a succubus. Again, Uriel responded in the demonic tongue, telling the succubus that there were intruders aboard the fortress, and that their orders were “to reinforce the prisoner area.” He read the demon’s surface thoughts as he said this and she thought to herself, ‘He must mean the treasury, where the fairy king is being held…” How very convenient! They were waved through, and thanks to the succubus, knew exactly where to go, assuming the layout here mirrored the opposite side: through the 6 o’clock hatch, where they came to another, extraordinary treasury. This one did not lack defenders: there were hundreds of legionnaires, dozens of elites, a horned devil and two succubi spread throughout chamber.</p><p></p><p>High above the chamber floor, suspended from a golden cage, they saw Thisraldion – chained, kneeling, head bowed.</p><p></p><p>At once, the horned devil barked at them, demanding to know why they had come. Uriel told him the same story, which convinced him, and they walked across the chamber to get closer to him, communicating telepathically as they went, waiting for the best moment to strike. Rumdoom would go for the horned devil; Quratulain would take out the succubi; Gupta would deal with the legionnaires.</p><p></p><p>They were just seconds away from launching their ambush, when Star Marshal Lacacia arrived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7859595, member: 79141"] [B]Session 245, Part Two Finding Thisraldion[/B] On arrival in the treasure vault, they found a token force had been left behind: a succubus, a company of legionnaires, and a handful of elites, gathered some distance away from their arrival point. Once again, Rumdoom was first to react, engaging his Icon of Avilona to fly at the succubus and swing at it with the Stone of Not. He missed! Uriel cast a spell to [I]undo[/I] his action[I], [/I]and this time he hit. The succubus vanished. Quratulain took down the elites with her pistols; Leon waded in with his [I]dreaming blade[/I] and a [I]witchfire[/I] spell; Gupta wounded the rest with a [I]Vision of Srasma[/I] and they mopped them up in no time. Then Gupta reoriented them, using the Third Blade: Thisraldion was now on the same level as them, at ‘9 o-clock’, but more-or-less the same distance away as before. Leon grabbed one ingot for everyone and put them in the [I]absurdist web[/I]. Quratulain noted signs of an earlier struggle with supplicants of elofasp. They had spilled a lot of devil ichor before their sharp forelimbs were torn off and scattered about. No clean-up attempt had been made here yet. Uriel sought exits, and found a hatch in the bulkhead at ’12 o’clock’, and a sealed hatch in the ceiling (with no steps or stairs leading down from it). Korrigan looked through them both. First, the ceiling hatch, through which he saw feet, many feet, and the scores of devils they belonged to, standing above them in a battery-style ‘barracks’. Gradual, flowing movement in one section suggested some were filing out through another exit. Through the 12 o’clock hatch, he saw the engine room they had seen from below. It was dominated by an enormous turbine. Many devils laboured there to keep it turning, and to guard it. There were at least two succubi too. Uru reported in. He had found a defunct eldritch machine which may once have created the fortress’ ammunition. It hadn’t been used in a long time. He had also worked out how to cut off power to the engine room above, and set about doing so. Once done, he would render the controls inoperable, so power could not easily be restored. While he did so, they hatched a plan and entered the engine room disguised as elite star legionnaires by one of Leon’s powerful illusions. The curious, suspicious succubi immediately approached, circling them like predatory birds and demanding to know what they were doing there. Though not well-versed in the art of deception (they usually relied on Leon for this sort of thing), Uriel was the only one capable of responding in their demonic tongue. To add authenticity to his response, he used their own harsh-sounding names (courtesy of Korrigan, supplied by the Humble Hook and shared telepathically) and the name of the succubi that had fled earlier. She had told them to search for intruders, he said, and kept on walking confidently towards the first hatch he saw, at 9 o’clock (as if he knew exactly where he was going): It was wide open and led out into a huge hangar where windskiffs were kept. The ceiling where they stood was fifty feet high, but to their right, where the space widened out, it was at least a hundred feet up. Four skiffs were being winched up through four hatches in the ceiling, beyond which the faint light of Obliatas could be seen – the flight deck they had first tried to land upon. More skiffs were being brought into place by devilish ground crew, and legionnaires and steam golems were being loaded on to each. Korrigan told Amielle to expect more skiffs. She responded in the affirmative. Doverspike had already made short work of another skiff, laughing as he did so. The Coaltongue and the Pleasure were both dealing with a third. “Egalitrix itself is turning slowly towards us; we can’t see out of the fog, but Calily told us.” Korrigan reminded her not to leave the fog bank. There were a lot of exits from this enormous hangar – above them, opposite them, at 6, 9, 12 o’clock and elsewhere. From where they stood they could guess that their own vessels were fighting off windskiffs at 3 o’clock (or starboard). Egalitrix must be turning to bring more guns to bear. Without pausing they headed across the hangar towards a hatch directly opposite the one they came through. They were ignored by the devils in the hangar. As they went they noted signs of conflict here too – bloodstains and corpses. Clearly, a sizable Elofasp insurrection had been put down here, and their arrival had interrupted the clean-up operation. From the hangar, they walked into another engine room, identical to the one they had just come from. (One engine per wing, perhaps?) At once, they were accosted by a succubus. Again, Uriel responded in the demonic tongue, telling the succubus that there were intruders aboard the fortress, and that their orders were “to reinforce the prisoner area.” He read the demon’s surface thoughts as he said this and she thought to herself, ‘He must mean the treasury, where the fairy king is being held…” How very convenient! They were waved through, and thanks to the succubus, knew exactly where to go, assuming the layout here mirrored the opposite side: through the 6 o’clock hatch, where they came to another, extraordinary treasury. This one did not lack defenders: there were hundreds of legionnaires, dozens of elites, a horned devil and two succubi spread throughout chamber. High above the chamber floor, suspended from a golden cage, they saw Thisraldion – chained, kneeling, head bowed. At once, the horned devil barked at them, demanding to know why they had come. Uriel told him the same story, which convinced him, and they walked across the chamber to get closer to him, communicating telepathically as they went, waiting for the best moment to strike. Rumdoom would go for the horned devil; Quratulain would take out the succubi; Gupta would deal with the legionnaires. They were just seconds away from launching their ambush, when Star Marshal Lacacia arrived. [/QUOTE]
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